Sculpting in Time is a chain coffee shop, however, unlike many of Beijing’s other mainstay chains it is locally owned. For the most part its cafes look quite similar, apart from the Xiangshan branch which is an unusual and picturesque setting. Sculpting in Time offers middle grounds between the Wi-Fi hotspot homogenous chain cafes and the more personalized independent affairs. The food leans towards pleasing the Chinese palate but isn’t badly priced and is quite passable to those looking for a Western food fix. The toasted cheese sandwiches on doorstep-thick sliced bread fill the gap nicely amongst other morsels on the menu. Hot and cold drinks fair well against Sculpting in Times competitors’ and are definitely not to be grumbled about. The clientele at the People’s University and Wudaokou branches are rather unsurprisingly students, although they’re clearly more the kind to enjoy sometime with their laptop, a book or some quiet conversation with friends as opposed to raising hell in a dive bar. This is the “thinking man’s’” Beijing coffee shop chain.
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